Soil fungal distribution and functionality as affected by grazing and vegetation components of integrated crop-livestock agroecosystems

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 61-70

  Davinic, M ^a   Moore Kucera, J ^a   Acosta Martinez V ^b   Zak, J ^a   Allen, V ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecoystem; Arbuscular mycorrhizae; C Utilization profiles; Ester linked fatty acid methyl esters; Grazing; Saprophytic fungi

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875275729     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2013.01.013     Document Type: Article

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